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  1. 30th December 2010, 09:53 PM #21
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    I purchased a Spot2 before we did our Cape trip, and can vouch that they will work if the SOS is activated.
    When we were at Punsand Bay someone activated the SOS on their SPOT and had a helicopter overhead within 2 hours. The activation was overkill for the situation they were in, but it proved they work.

    We used mine to keep everyone up to speed on our location and had arranged that if we went more than 2 consecutive days with no OK that they should start making some inquiries as to our welfare.

    It lasted the full 7 weeks on the one set of batteries sending an OK on (probably) 3 out of 4 days.



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  2. 14th January 2011, 10:41 PM #22
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    I have looked at Spot but I reckon knowing my luck if I got into trouble, the the Yanks would start looking for me in Austria...
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  3. 16th January 2011, 07:39 AM #23
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    Is it true that the Globalstar satellite system is not used for voice calls any longer but is being kept going only for SPOT ?
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  4. 18th January 2011, 07:42 PM #24
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    G'day Wayne,

    A quick check of Wikipedia (the font of all knowledge ) does not shed any light on your question.

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  5. 18th January 2011, 08:28 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by waynep View Post
    Is it true that the Globalstar satellite system is not used for voice calls any longer but is being kept going only for SPOT ?

    Can't answer that one but SPOT are a subsidiary of Globalstar

    Quote Originally Posted by http://au.findmespot.com/en/pressroom/
    Spot LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. (NASDAQ: GSAT) and a leader in personal satellite messaging and emergency communications today announced that it has partnered with RaceTracker to provide a safety and tracking solution to competitors at the 25th annual Sultan Marathon Des Sables adventure race in Morocco.


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  6. 18th January 2011, 09:00 PM #26
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    Is it true that the Globalstar satellite system is not used for voice calls any longer ...... Yes

    .......but is being kept going only for SPOT ...... No
    My understanding is ....

    the duplex part of the sats which used to handle the sat phone calls has failed early and become "unreliable" (read useless).

    the simplex part which handles the spot messages and a range of other data transmissions continues to be used for those purposes.

    I recently read a media release regarding new sats being launched for globalstar in a partnership which obviously required a hefty $$$$$.

    looking for the media release now
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  7. 18th January 2011, 09:03 PM #27
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    found THIS... from 3/11/2010

    similar to what I mentioned above
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  8. 14th December 2011, 07:31 PM #28
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    I use it

    I'm using a SPOT 2 with a SAT Phone as backup.

    Spot is good, as mentioned before, for sending non Critical messages as well as the Real deal.

    2 1/2 years & still working every time.
    Costs $100.00 per year to run but cheap insurance I think.

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